#TBT: July 30, 2026
Lawrence W. Cramer, newly appointed governor of the Virgin Islands, appeared before the Senate...
Read Moreby William-Jose Velez Gonzalez | Jul 30, 2026 | Congress, History, United States Virgin Islands | 0 |
Lawrence W. Cramer, newly appointed governor of the Virgin Islands, appeared before the Senate...
Read Moreby William-Jose Velez Gonzalez | Jul 23, 2026 | Guam, History, Military | 0 |
The Second Battle of Guam occurred from July 21 to August 10, 1944. By July 23, United States...
Read Moreby William-Jose Velez Gonzalez | Jul 16, 2026 | History, Puerto Rico, Status | 0 |
Born April 16, 1866, José de Diego y Martínez was a Puerto Rican statesman, journalist, poet,...
Read Moreby William-Jose Velez Gonzalez | Jul 9, 2026 | History, Military, Northern Mariana Islands | 0 |
On July 9, 1944, the Battle of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands ended, 24 days after the...
Read Moreby William-Jose Velez Gonzalez | Jul 2, 2026 | American Samoa, History | 0 |
Tui Manuʻa Elisala was the last Tui Manu’a titleholder (paramount chief) in the Manuʻa...
Read Moreby William-Jose Velez Gonzalez | Jun 18, 2026 | Guam, History, Military | 0 |
Operation Stevedore was the operation for the American recapture of the then Japanese-held island...
Read Moreby William-Jose Velez Gonzalez | Jun 11, 2026 | History, Puerto Rico | 0 |
Among the versions of the origin of Puerto Rico’s flag design is that the idea of inverting...
Read Moreby William-Jose Velez Gonzalez | Jun 4, 2026 | History, Military, Northern Mariana Islands | 0 |
A “Satan”, an M3 Stuart tank with a Ronson flamethrower, incinerates a Japanese...
Read Moreby William-Jose Velez Gonzalez | May 28, 2026 | American Samoa, Courts, History | 0 |
On May 28, 2022, the ACLU filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to overturn the 10th...
Read Moreby William-Jose Velez Gonzalez | May 21, 2026 | Coronavirus, History, United States Virgin Islands | 0 |
On May 21, 2020, Governor Albert Bryan Jr. advised US Virgin Islands residents to stay at home and...
Read Moreby William-Jose Velez Gonzalez | May 14, 2026 | Guam, History, Science and Environment | 0 |
Typhoon Pamela was a powerful typhoon that struck the U.S. territory of Guam in May 1976, causing...
Read Moreby William-Jose Velez Gonzalez | May 7, 2026 | History, Puerto Rico | 0 |
On May 7, 1998, NBC aired a Seinfeld episode with the Puerto Rico flag being burned and stomped...
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